Editing Technical writer (section)

==Notable technical writers==
* [[Ted Chiang]], American author of short stories including ''[[Story of Your Life]]'' (1998) and ''[[The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate]]'' (2007), was a technical writer in the software industry as late as July 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sfsite.com/09b/tc136.htm |title = An Interview with Ted Chiang |date=July 2002 |work = [[SF Site]] |access-date = October 4, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[William Gaddis]], author of ''[[J R]]'' (1975) and ''[[A Frolic of His Own]]'' (1994), was employed as a technical writer for a decade and a half for such companies as [[Pfizer]] and [[Eastman Kodak]] after the poor reception of his first novel, ''[[The Recognitions]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite web |title = Gaddis, William, 1922- |url = http://literature.proquestlearning.com/quick/printItemById.do?ItemID=bio5523%20pqllit_ref_lib&Print=yes |website = ProQuest Learning: Literature |access-date = 2015-01-11 }}</ref>
* [[Gordon Graham (writer)|Gordon Graham]], an expert on [[white paper]]s and former writing professor.
* [[Michael Halvorson]], American technology writer and historian, is a university professor and the author of 40 books related to computer programming, using PC software, and the history of technology.
* [[Dan Jones (professor)|Dan Jones]], university professor and a fellow of the [[Society for Technical Communication]].
* [[Chuck Palahniuk]], American author of ''[[Fight Club (novel)|Fight Club]]''',''''' worked as a diesel mechanic and [[Automotive industry|automotive]] technical writer prior to his career as a novelist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHUCK |url=https://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/chuck |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Cult |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Robert M. Pirsig]], author of ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (ZAMM)]]'' (1974), wrote technical manuals for IBM while working on the bestselling book.
* [[Thomas Pynchon]], American author of ''[[The Crying of Lot 49]]'' (1966), ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' (1973), and ''[[Mason & Dixon]]'' (1997), among others, wrote his first novel, ''[[V.]]'' (1963), while employed as a technical writer for [[Boeing]] from 1960 to 1963.
* [[George Saunders]], American author of ''[[Tenth of December: Stories]]'' (2013) as well as other short story collections, essays, and novellas, wrote his first short story collection, ''[[CivilWarLand in Bad Decline]]'' (1996), while working as a technical writer and geophysical engineer for Radian International, an environmental engineering firm in [[Rochester, New York]].
* [[Amy Tan]], American author of ''[[The Joy Luck Club (novel)|The Joy Luck Club]]'' (1998), ''The Bonesetter's Daughter'' (2001), and other critically acclaimed novels. Tan began writing fiction novels while she was a technical writer.<ref>{{cite web |title = Amy Tan Biography|url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/St-Tr/Tan-Amy.html |website = Encyclopedia of World Biography |access-date = 2016-10-07 }}</ref>
* [[Richard Wilbur]], American poet. Worked for Boeing, as he mentioned in conversation.
* [[Marion Winik]], American author and essayist, worked as a technical writer from 1984-1994 at Unison-Tymlabs, Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/cas/uploads/faculty-pdf/Winik_CV.pdf|title=Winik|access-date = November 30, 2020 }}</ref>